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GOLF RESULTS

BRITTAIN LEAGUE at East Palestine C.C. TEAM WINNER (4-man, 2-ball): Lee Wyant, Lee Beight, Tom Burford, Rich Spratt No. 2 LONGEST PUTT: Mike Geodecker No. 4 CLOSEST TO THE PIN: Tom Brittain No. 6 LONGEST PUTT: Jeff Fruit No. 8 CLOSEST TO PIN: Lee Wyant SKINS: Mike Geodecker (No. 2), Rich Spratt (No. 4), Frank Quetot (No. 5), Bill Wilson (No. 6), Lee Wyant (No. 8); 50-50: Jeff Fruit. ZEP’S PIZZA & MORE AT PINKY’S at Eagle Pass STANDINGS: Tony Sluss-Logan Schaefer 53.5, Mike Palmer-Dale Kampfer 49, Gage Chestnut-Isaiah Chestnut 47.5, Galen Brandt-Rick Beadles 45, ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

STEPIEN ACES TURKANA HOLE CALCUTTA — Tom Stepien aced Turkana Golf Course's No. 17 with an 8 iron on April 27. Witness was John Stepien. POTTER TEAM FINISHES THIRD DOVER — East Liverpool's Brady Dawson and Garrett Cooper ended up finishing third at the Div. II sectional tennis tournament on Friday at Dover City Park. St. Clairsville's Mavrik Malin and Caiden Staub defeated the Potters 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinal. Dawson and Cooper beat Cambridge's Silas Hutchinson and Quentin Stora 6-1, 6-4 in the third place match. The St. Clairsville team beat Berlin Hiland's Clay Lehman ...

Quakers cage Wildcats

Salem 13, Struthers 1 SALEM — Leadoff hitter Olivia Lewis got the Salem softball team going early. Lewis scored a run in the first inning and 20th-seeded Salem slugged 29th-seeded Struthers, 13-1, in five innings in a Division IV sectional final Friday. Olivia Lewis went 3-for-3 with a ...

Miller powers Lions past Clippers

COLUMBIANA — Hudson Miller went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs to lift Heartland Christian past Columbiana, 7-4, Thursday at Firestone Park. Miller had a two-run hit to deep center in the second inning and an RBI double in the sixth inning. Jacob Gehring had RBI singles in the ...

Branch, Leetonia bow out of tournament

CANAL FULTON — Courtney Boggs threw a one-hitter with eight strikeouts and a walk as Northwest blanked West Branch 7-0 in a Div. IV sectional contest on Thursday. Sara Schmidt had West Branch's lone hit. Ellie Tucker had eight strikeouts and two walks in six innings for West Branch. West Branch, the 16th seed, is 9-13. No. 14 seed Northwest will travel to No. 11 seed Laurel on Tuesday for a district semifinal. WB: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0-1-3 NW: 0-0-1-0-5-1-x — 7-10-1 Southington 17, Leetonia 1 SOUTHINGTON — Southington eliminated Leetonia on Thursday in a Div. VII ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SALEM HOSTS EBC TODAY SALEM — Salem will host the seventh Eastern Buckeye Conference Track and Field Meet today. Action starts at 4:30 p.m. with the boys discus and high jump, girls shot put and long jump and girls and boys 3200-meter relay. The rest of the running events will begin at 5:15 p.m. Last year, the Minerva boys won their first league title in 45 years, while the Marlington girls captured their first since 2006. This is the last meet Salem is hosting this year. EOAC MEET AT EAST PALESTINE EAST PALESTINE — The eighth Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference Track and Field ...